On 16 Oct 2006 13:40:18 -0700, "Craig" wrote:

I have a number of rotten and over ripe tomatoes in the garden now,
Should I put them in the compost pile, or should I let them just sit
on the ground or should I throw them away.

I know I shouldn't put the tomatoe plants themselves in the compost
pile,

Why not? Straight question. Anything shredded small enough can go
in, no?

but not sure about the tomatoes themselves.

Hmmm...I see we belong to the Dan Quayle school of orthography g

My compost pile won't be getting hot enough to kill anything either
for many months now.

Why not? If you want it to get hot, there are "starters" than can do
help. How to heat up a compost pile:

http://tinyurl.com/y2umsd

Persephone.